Richmond County named for Charles Lennox, the third Duke of Richmond and Lennox and was created in 1779 with an estimated area of 480 sq mi. The county seat is in Rockingham. It houses a total population of around 46.6K with an amalgamation of White, Native American, Black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others along with 17.8K households and 12.5K families.

The Richmond County data website is a huge treasure of valuable records regarding American Civil War history, marriage volume number, obituary notice, burial and cemetery details, last will or probate specifics, origin and birth details, civil court case lookups, marriage and divorce details, demise facts, World War I and II information, real estate and property facts, census data, land and estate data, war and enlistment data, immigration and naturalization specifics and loads of other important reports that determines multiple issues of a human life more swiftly than before.